Memorial Inventory Project: There is one other existing partial database to consult - The WWI Memorial Inventory Project [CLICK HERE]. It contains some memorials our map doesn't. The listings on this database are fair game for the Memorial Hunters Club. So if you want to search for treasure from your desk - find missing listings here and submit them. Remember though, you will need to come up with pictures and the history of the memorial. You might be able to hunt that down through www.Proquest.com and Google.
This monument consists of a rusticated granite slab that rises from a marble base. A large bronze plaque, mounted to the front of the slab, contains an honor roll of the Hawthorne residents who served in World War I. The plaque is crowned by a central spread-winged eagle whose talons are anchored in a US shield. In the background are sets of three angled, partially furled flags.
Photo courtesy of: Michael Herrick & Historical Marker Database
The Jamesburg World War I monument is composed of a rusticated granite block with a bronze honor roll plaque mounted to its front face. The upper corners of the block are rounded, with a smaller rusticated square sitting atop. A granite pillar rises from this base in the shape of an Doric column crowned by yet another small, rusticated granite base with a granite orb resting on top.
The Honor Roll commemorates those from the community who served from 1917-18.
Newspaper accounts attribute the monument's fabrication to LL Manning & Son - a Plainfield, NJ monument maker responsible for several of the state's WWI memorials.
The monument is set in the center of a brick plaza with additional honor roll memorials commemorating later wars.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This monument honors the soldiers & sailors of old Hudson City who fought during World War I. It was installed in Riverview Park by the Dew Drop League of Jersey City with funds raised through public subscription.
The monument consists of an eagle with wings spread, perched on a ball atop a tall rough granite pillar. The eagle & ball are painted gold. The tiered granite pillar base contains two relief plaques.
The sculpture was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1922. The top dedication plaque was added October 19, 1947.
Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) inventory #NJ000468.
Photo courtesy of: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
The Keansburg World War I monument is located on the grounds of Fallon Manor, a senior citizen residence facility. It consists of a pink granite, Ionic column topped by a black granite orb. The column rests on a rusticated grey granite base and smaller plinth. Incised on the column's front face is the dedication, "Erected in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War from Keansburg."
The monument was fabricated by LL Manning & Son, a Plainfield, NJ monument maker responsible for several of the state's WWI memorials.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This World War I monument consists of a new bronze honor roll plaque mounted on the face of a quarry-faced stone slab, approx. 6’ tall. The plaque lists the names of North Plainfield residents who died in 1917, and in 1918. Dedicated in 1920, this memorial was rededicated in 2015. The plaque is flanked by partially buried mortar shells.
The boulder also contains honor roll plaques for residents killed in WWII and the Viet Nam War.
The small, triangular Veterans Monument Park in which it sits was donated to the Borough by developer William White when the surrounding Washington Park neighborhood was created.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This WWI monument of a bronze doughboy statue rests atop a 28-ton field stone boulder in a small triangular park. The soldier figure is charging forward holding a rifle with both hands. He wears a helmet & leggings, a gas mask on his chest, and various pouches strapped to his belt.
A bronze plaque is affixed to one side of the boulder, dedicating the monument to the sons & daughters of Ridgefield who served in the war. It was erected by the Ridgefield Exchange Club.
Narrative adapted from the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS), inventory #NJ000408.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
Vintage postcard courtesy of: Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
This stone obelisk monument stands on three base slabs, square in cross-section, progressively smaller as they rise. A stone cube sits atop this base with bronze plaques on each side commemorating Riverside residents who served in World War I. The obelisk rests on the stone cube, and is crowned by a bronze eagle with wings outstretched.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This World War I monument consists of a gray granite stele whose upper edge is slightly arched, featuring a bas-relief eagle at the top. The eagle is depicted perched on a laurel branch with outstretched wings. The stele appears to date to the period following the Great War. It rests on a sandstone slab.
Beneath the eagle, a large, contemporary bronze plaque is affixed to the front. The plaque contains an honor roll of the seven Rumson residents who died in WWI, followed by lists of the local residents who served. The plaque was created in 1989.
Photo credits: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This WWI monument was designed by the artist Edgar Williams, brother of noted poet William Carlos Williams, who practiced medicine in his home across the street from the monument's location. Working with the borough's War Chest Committee, Edgar Williams designed this elegant cast granite column for the intersection of Chestnut Street and Park & Passaic Avenues. At its dedication on Memorial Day 1920, Edgar Williams explained the concept behind the monument: "The monument has a generally vertical mass chosen to indicate, as an old French axiom says, 'a finger pointed to Heaven'… the lower base will contain the records of those who died in the war ... on either side of the tablet are reversed torches, the symbol of lives passed from this earth. Intertwined about the torches are laurel branches indicating glory and honor ... the shaft bears the names of the major engagements in which our Rutherford boys took part. At the very top is a tripod from which a flaming light springs. The tripod is a symbol of sacrifice and the flame symbolizes the light which our boys helped give the world; light always pointing upward as the memory of these men who died for their convictions shall always be." Narrative adapted from "Rutherford: A Brief History," William Neumann, 2008. Photos courtesy of: Billy Neumann. Plaque detail - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
This monument consists of a bronze plaque on a rusticated granite stone placed on a rectangular granite base.
It was created by the Veterans of World War I of the USA in 1975. It was relocated to its current site as part of a larger Toms River veterans memorial are in 1985.
Photo courtesy of: Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Commission
This monument consists of an irregular glacial boulder, with a bronze plaque recessed in the front surface. The rectangular main portion of the plaque consists of an honor roll recognizing Totowa residents who served in World War I. The arched upper portion of the plaque features a central shallow raised sculpture featuring a winged Victory figure flanked by uniformed soldiers.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This monument consists of a granite doughboy statue standing at parade rest, atop a tall rusticated grey granite plinth. The front is inscribed with the words, "Lest We Forget." The uniformed figure holds his rifle in front with hands grasping the barrel.
The monument was fabricated by LL Manning & Son, a Plainfield, NJ monument maker responsible for several of the state's WWI memorials.
The monument is placed in a newly built veterans plaza on the banks of Raritan Bay.
Photos courtesy of NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This World War I monument sits in the center of a municipal oval in front of the public library & an elementary school. It consists of a bronze doughboy statue atop a stone pier. Attached to the pier is a vertical rectangle bronze plaque with an honor roll of Verona's citizens who died in the war.
The statue's artist is unknown, but the foundry was JM Fiske & Co. - a preeminent monument maker in New York City in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. A duplicate of this sculpture is in Bronx, NY and is currently being restored by the NYC Parks Department after taking molds of the Verona statue for replication. Plans are to install the Bronx statue opposite Yankee Stadium.
Narrative adapted from Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) & myveronanj.com.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This monument appears to be a recent replacement for an original memorial. It is composed of a smooth-faced granite slab & base. The slab has lower corner scroll decoration & a curved top. Mounted to the front is an elaborate bronze panel topped with central shield and numerous other military symbols. The plaque honors West Orange residents who served in WWI.
Photo courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This is one of two WWI monuments in Westwood, NJ.
The monument consists of a rusticated granite stele placed on a rusticated concrete base. The stele, rounded at top, features a bronze honor roll plaque with a raised frame & curved upper edge. This plaque contains the names of Westwood residents of who served in the war.
Photos courtesy of: Michael Herrick & Historical Marker Database
This World War I Honor Roll monument contains the names of 104 men from Wharton, NJ who served in the war. Nine of the men died in the war; their names are commemorated by a star.
The bronze plaque is mounted on a rough stone column, set atop a pedestal of rounded stones. The monument sits in the middle of a triangular park.
Photos courtesy of Morris County Heritage Commission
After World War One, the Patriotic Order of Sons of America (POSA) in Bridgeton, NJ planted an avenue of trees to honor the Cumberland County war dead. A monument was erected of a Gothic-arched, stone canopy containing a bronze plaque honor roll, explaining the memorial.
The canopy is constructed of random courses of mortared stones with oblong stone voissours outlining the four sides with arch springs. The canopy is crowned by two courses of horizontal stone & a top course, set vertically.
The plaque is mounted to the face of an irregular stone slab. The names of the soldiers are introduced with the following text: "This avenue of trees is planted by the POS of A as a living memorial to those heroes from Cumberland County District No. 1 who died int he services of country and community during the Great World War, 1917-1918."
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
This metal plaque was originally mounted on Bridgeton's Pearl Street Elementary School, which has since been demolished. It is now located on the ground in front of another World War I monument in Veteran's Park (see entry for Patriotic Order of Sons of America monument in Bridgeton, NJ).
Mounted on a concrete slab, the plaque reads, "In memory of Pearl Street School students who gave their lives in the World War 1914-1918."
Photo courtesy of: Erik Burro
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN HONOR OF THEOSE OF HAMILTON, PARKVILLE AND CARNEY, WHO SERVED 1917 THEIR COUNTRY IS THE WORLD WAR 1918
This monument consists of a rusticated granite stele mounted on a granite base. Three large, bronze plaques are mounted to the sides of the monument. The front plaque depicts a bas relief image of Liberty holding a laurel wreath. The plaque contains the dedication to Hasbrouck Heights residents who served in World War I. Plaques on two sides contain the Honor Roll.
Photos courtesy of: NJ State Historic Preservation Office
